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Category: Visual Arts

Proposed House for the Aberdeens at Rattlesnake Point, 1895

Proposed House for the Aberdeens at Rattlesnake Point, 1895

William Van Horne gave the Aberdeens a sketch for a proposed new house at Rattlesnake Point.  The design was of a wood and shingle structure, dominated by a […]
“Kelowna” Painted by Lady Aberdeen, c. 1894

“Kelowna” Painted by Lady Aberdeen, c. 1894

This is a landscape watercolour painted by Lady Aberdeen.  It may have been painted on one of the Aberdeens’ trips on the SS Aberdeen steamboat on Lake Okanagan.  […]
SS Redstar, “Mr. Lequime’s Little Steamer” in 1891

SS Redstar, “Mr. Lequime’s Little Steamer” in 1891

“Mr. Lequime’s little steamer which took us up the Lake to Guisachan.” Watercolour inspired by Lady Aberdeen’s 1891 Kodak photograph as published in Through Canada with a Kodak.
Gate into Guisachan Farm in 1891

Gate into Guisachan Farm in 1891

Drawing inspired by Lady Aberdeen’s 1891 Kodak photograph as published in Through Canada with a Kodak.